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Posted: 2/24/2023 4:41:10 PM EDT
Picked up my S&W model 642 from the Cincinnati PD today. House was broken into Nov. 2012, this was the only gun that I had out of the safe. Cincinnati PD has had it since Nov. 2021, had to wait until case was settled. Gun looks like it was tied to the back of a pickup and drug down a gravel road for ten miles. It still works, will make a good truck gun. Write down those serial numbers and keep them on file.
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Quoted: It still works, will make a good truck gun. Write down those serial numbers and keep them on file. View Quote So you want the popo to hang onto your gun for another 11 years when it gets stolen from your truck? Admiral idea, old chap. |
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Quoted: So you want the popo to hang onto your gun for another 11 years when it gets stolen from your truck? Admiral idea, old chap. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: So you want the popo to hang onto your gun for another 11 years when it gets stolen from your truck? Admiral idea, old chap. Reading comprehension is your friend..... Cincinnati PD has had it since Nov. 2021 |
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I had a similar experience. Had a Smith mod 10 stolen June 86 got it back July 96.
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Quoted: Reading comprehension is your friend..... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: So you want the popo to hang onto your gun for another 11 years when it gets stolen from your truck? Admiral idea, old chap. Reading comprehension is your friend..... Cincinnati PD has had it since Nov. 2021 This is GD, reading is for suckers |
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Lucky you got it back at all. I’m assuming it wasn’t used in a murder.
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Quoted: Reading comprehension is your friend..... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes House was broken into Nov. 2012 |
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Quoted: Yes, but it was stolen in 2012 and assumedly recovered in 2021. His point was a gun just hanging out in a truck is more likely to be stolen (again) and he might have to wait another 11 years (or however long it takes for the police to recover, trial finish, and weapon returned). View Quote So? |
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I picked up a G17 for the local county PD that was taken in a break in March of 2019. They picked it up off a guy in May of the same year. I JUST got the call to come get it 2 months ago.
The PD had it in their possession for 3 1/2 years. |
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Quoted: Implication: Truck gun = easily stolen again View Quote Implication=inaccessible gun in a safe can't be used for defense when needed... what's your point. If someone breaks into his shit how is that his fault at all, unless he leaves it on the dash? Hell they broke into his house to steal it the first time. |
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Cops suck for returning stolen goods.
Garage was broken into, case was settled a year later and still had to make several calls and involve local politicians to get my stuff returned and even then the cop who showed up gave shitty attitude. The capper is I provided the video that nailed the fuckin' perp. |
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Quoted: Reading comprehension is your friend..... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: So you want the popo to hang onto your gun for another 11 years when it gets stolen from your truck? Admiral idea, old chap. Reading comprehension is your friend..... Cincinnati PD has had it since Nov. 2021 Um, read it again. |
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dumb question but why is law enforcement terrible at returning stolen property?
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Quoted: dumb question but why is law enforcement terrible at returning stolen property? View Quote It's just not really a priority for them. Having to dig it out of the warehouse, inventory that all that was picked up is returned. Sometimes the D.A. has to sign off that the case is completely concluded (all appeals exhausted & no other need) and that can take years!. Don't ask me how I know this... Bigger_Hammer |
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Quoted: Way to go after the victim. Too bad crime didn't have permanent consequences. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Implication: Truck gun = easily stolen again Way to go after the victim. Too bad crime didn't have permanent consequences. Just like ROLLPIN, I was explaining what FLYNNDAWG had posted regarding 11 more years. I DGAF what someone does with his own gun. |
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Quoted: I picked up a G17 for the local county PD that was taken in a break in March of 2019. They picked it up off a guy in May of the same year. I JUST got the call to come get it 2 months ago. The PD had it in their possession for 3 1/2 years. View Quote I got burglarized in S. Austin in 2005 and had a Colt Series 70 stolen along with a large amount of ammo, gun stuff such including NIB reloading dies and camera. I caught the scumbag neighbor on video and APD raided his house and recovered much of my property. I got the gun back that same day because APD said they, the burglars, were coming back as they were gang members and I'd need it. But the rest of the property I had to wait till after the trial and when I was told I could come pick it up they made me wait over an hour in the front lobby before bringing it out. Not sure what all that was about. Even though it was on the list of recovered property, APD never did return my NIB RCBS loading dies. I chalked it up cost of doing business. Everyone gets a cut. |
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Quoted: I picked up a G17 for the local county PD that was taken in a break in March of 2019. They picked it up off a guy in May of the same year. I JUST got the call to come get it 2 months ago. The PD had it in their possession for 3 1/2 years. View Quote Depending on how it was recovered, and if it’s relevant to any cases it may be tied up until after the trial. |
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Quoted: Cops suck for returning stolen goods. Garage was broken into, case was settled a year later and still had to make several calls and involve local politicians to get my stuff returned and even then the cop who showed up gave shitty attitude. The capper is I provided the video that nailed the fuckin' perp. View Quote Most people have no proof of ownership for recovered property |
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Why is it that every time I hear about a recovered gun it’s looks like it’s been thrown down the driveway?
It’s almost as if crooks and cops have no respect for other peoples property. |
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Quoted: Reading comprehension is your friend..... View Quote The point…. You missed it. Guns left in vehicles get stolen and become crime guns. The majority of gun thefts here are out of vehicles. In my area about 1/3 to 1/2 of crime guns we recover are stolen out of vehicles. If you think it’s ok to have a cheap gun stolen because you care more about your financial loss than what that stolen gun will be used for you are a selfish asshole Don’t be a lazy piece of shit. Carry your gun and if you have to TEMPORARILY leave it in a vehicle due to a no carry location use a lock box secured to the vehicle. |
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I had a S&W 686 and a 629 Classic stolen.
I got the 686 back 3 years later and in good condition. I got the 629 back 5 years later and whoever had it kept pretty damn good care of it. I was told that the police hold on to them for a period of time to make sure the ballistics don't pop up in a crime. (I'm a poet and I didn't even realize it) If it was used during the commitment of a crime as in murder, they get "destroyed". |
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Quoted: Reading comprehension is your friend..... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: So you want Reading comprehension is your friend..... Cincinnati PD has had it since Nov. 2021 Thanks for pointing that out. It makes all the difference in the message. When I say "all the difference", I mean no difference. So I edited my post to make you happy. OP should leave it on the dashboard so thieves don't have to dig around to find his "truck gun". After all, the cops will get it back to him a year or so after it's recovered and fucked to hell and back. Maybe. It's all good, right? |
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Quoted: Why? Would that have meant it would have not been given back at some point? Destroyed? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Lucky you got it back at all. I’m assuming it wasn’t used in a murder. Why? Would that have meant it would have not been given back at some point? Destroyed? Evidence in murders are usually held until appeals are exhausted. |
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Quoted: So you want the popo to hang onto your gun for another 11 years when it gets stolen from your truck? Admiral idea, old chap. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: It still works, will make a good truck gun. Write down those serial numbers and keep them on file. So you want the popo to hang onto your gun for another 11 years when it gets stolen from your truck? Admiral idea, old chap. Goodby Chap |
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Quoted: Thanks for pointing that out. It makes all the difference in the message. When I say "all the difference", I mean no difference. So I edited my post to make you happy. OP should leave it on the dashboard so thieves don't have to dig around to find his "truck gun". After all, the cops will get it back to him a year or so after it's recovered and fucked to hell and back. Maybe. It's all good, right? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: So you want Reading comprehension is your friend..... Cincinnati PD has had it since Nov. 2021 Thanks for pointing that out. It makes all the difference in the message. When I say "all the difference", I mean no difference. So I edited my post to make you happy. OP should leave it on the dashboard so thieves don't have to dig around to find his "truck gun". After all, the cops will get it back to him a year or so after it's recovered and fucked to hell and back. Maybe. It's all good, right? Jesus fuck. He better disable his vehicle to, so someone who might steal it can't. Wtf? Is this where we're at now? People look down on other people for being victims? Fuck that, punish thefts where people are afraid to steal. |
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I had a S&W 342 stolen in 2005, it was recovered in 2006 on a felon peeing on the king county courthouse.
Seattle said king county had it, king county said seattle had it. It never got returned. |
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Glad you got it back but sucks its significantly damaged.
Had a G23 Gen 3 stolen and recovered as well, took almost a year in PD lock up until the case was finished to get back. Luckily it was in the same condition as when stolen. |
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I have never understood PD's keeping guns that long.
When we recover a stolen gun we take good photographs, and call the rightful owner that day. They can come get it basically anytime after that. The only time we didn't do that was when someone was actually shot with the gun, we sent it for ballistic testing, then returned it to the owner about a month later but he was aware of what was happening. Police Departments should value the rights of the victim who had their property stolen over the unlikely chance that piece of property will be needed in the court room. Anyways, it annoys me and makes me feel bad for the cops that work at those places. There are very few feelings better than returning property to the rightful owner, especially guns. |
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One of my buddies got a 38 S&W back that had been used in a murder in WA, I'm truly surprised the LEA actually call people to return them.
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I've read before about stolen guns that were used in murders being destroyed even when the rightful owner was known. Where does a police department or judge get the authority to destroy someone else's property without providing compensation?
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